WHY any democratically elected political party needs its very own military wing already boggles the mind.
But even more incredible is that these armed, camouflaged veteran soldiers are deployed left-right, left-right to defend their party’s headquarters… against their own comrades!
With friends like that, who needs enemies?
A satirical cartoonist like the famous Zapiro hardly has to exercise a synapse these days before he puts ink to paper. It’s all there on a platter for him to stick the spear in.
Speaking of spears, where’s our No 1 leader when we need him? OK, so he was hobnobbing with other world leaders in China, but… hello! He could at least Skype.
Thankfully, all seems quiet on the Eastern Front, except that a dead person was elected in Harding on August 3 and now there has to be a by-election.
The poor chap was actually assassinated (in front of his children, nogal) so it really is going to take a brave soul to put his or her hand up to fill his boxing glove.
But – barring Harding – there’s no longer any need for local politicians, regardless of their party, to score Brownie points for the next five years.
So shoulders to the wheel, chaps, and let’s get the coast moving along together.
For starters, get this water thing sorted once and for all. Many would agree that the on-off-on-off supply is a real crisis and that’s why people take to social media to vent their spleen.
After all, ‘man cannot live on neat whisky alone’… without damaging one’s liver.
What a thirsting public needs is a clear picture of all the problems, plus a detailed plan and time frame for a lasting solution.
It’s all very well having an efficient communications centre packed with staff, all probably suffering from earache by now. But give us a few ‘friggin’ new pipes, for heaven’s sake!
We’ve asked Ugu to paint the bigger picture for us, but so far… nada.
We know that we have an ageing, rapidly crumbling infrastructure and let’s admit that a lot of the problems can be blamed on our apartheid past.
There’s no disputing that vast numbers of citizens did not share in the luxuries that others always took for granted.
It’s only right that these services – especially something as basic, yet so vital as water – should be extended to all.
The financial burden on Ugu to quench this thirst for these services is immense.
But is there water at the end of the tunnel?
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